You and I and all of us must be willing to consider how we have contributed to the system we have now. Having this conversation in the context of blame will be super challenging.
You have black friends ( real friends) and/or have donated to black causes. Or maybe you haven’t thought about it much until now, but how could it possibly be your fault? You were just arbitrarily born white, you have never obviously discriminated against people of color -at least to your knowledge. After all, you are progressive and want -possibly even have worked for civil rights. You might not like how you feel hearing the word, especially how it relates to you, and resist. When people are talking about institutional and systemic inequity and racism and are asking you to reflect on your own privilege, you might hear blame.
